
What is recorded here
Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. It was traceable as an outline (Power 195, Placenemes, 367). Cropmark of a circular enclosure (diam. c. 35m) visible on aerial photographs (MM (79) 0-5). Archaeological testing in the vicinity by M. Hurley failed to produce any related material (Excavations 2009).
Hurley, M. (2009) Old Kilmeaden road (section known as Clearboy road), Lismore. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 530. Wordwell. Dublin.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 27 July 2010
Compiled by: Michael Moore.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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